Developer Kyon Energy, investor Obton and system integrator ECO STOR have commissioned 27.6MW/32.4MWh of battery storage across two sites in Germany.

RWE has unveiled plans for an up to 600MW solar development on land in in northern England.

During first China-Arab States Summit, Sungrow signed battery storage supply agreement for Saudi Arabia’s new ‘smart city’ megadevelopment.

Another serving of news in brief from around the world in energy storage.

California-based firm Element Energy has raised a US$28 million Series B to accelerate its proprietary BMS-enhanced second life energy storage solution, with 2.5GWh of modules secured already.

Spain-based renewable energy firm Acciona Energia has acquired a two-hour energy storage system in ERCOT, Texas, from Qcells.

Fluence said the company is on track to grow revenues by almost a third on “multi-year” basis, leading to breakeven EBITDA in 2024.

The hydropower subsidiary of General Electric’s renewables business has installed first pair of 300MW turbines at pumped hydro site in China.

Sungrow will provide a 638MWh liquid-cooled battery energy storage system (BESS) to Engie for a solar-plus-storage project in Chile.

Berkshire Hathaway-owned NV Energy has been revealed as the ‘large western utility’ that has ordered a 220MW/440MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) from Energy Vault.